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单词 gushy
释义

gushy

adjective

ˈgə-shē How to pronounce gushy (audio)
gushier; gushiest
: marked by effusive sentimentality
gushily
ˈgə-shə-lē How to pronounce gushy (audio)
adverb
gushiness
ˈgə-shē-nəs How to pronounce gushy (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • adulatory
  • fulsome
  • gushing
  • hagiographic
  • hagiographical
  • oily
  • oleaginous
  • soapy
  • unctuous
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Example Sentences

a gushy review of a novel by an author who just happened to be a friend of the critic
Recent Examples on the Web And in August of 2006, Barack Obama was winning gushy headlines in for his triumphal visit to his father’s ancestral home in Kenya. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 29 Aug. 2022 Except the unfettered devotion in the latter is replaced by swooping strings and a gushy chorus that merely offer an antiseptic veneer. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 17 June 2022 Despite the gushy National Socialist rhetoric, telling expressions of opinion emerge—a kind that speaks eloquently for the thoughts and feelings of one small unit of Germans around the Dunkirk perimeter. Robert Kershaw, WSJ, 29 July 2022 Hawn also paid tribute to Russell in a gushy Instagram post. Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 20 June 2022 This isn't the first time the home cook posted a gushy tribute to her son's latest achievements. Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 11 Apr. 2022 For some, the gushy card that person creates would be perfect. Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 14 Feb. 2022 Emblematic of the gushy, overly credulous business and tech journalism ascendant at the time, Fortune’s story touched off a media stampede that transformed Holmes, then 30, into a business superstar. Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021 No amount of gushy preface can break its spell entirely; it’s that powerful, that singular. BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

gushy

adjective

as in gushing
overly or insincerely flattering a gushy review of a novel by an author who just happened to be a friend of the critic

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • gushing
  • sickening
  • hagiographic
  • soapy
  • oily
  • unctuous
  • adulatory
  • demonstrative
  • fulsome
  • oleaginous
  • hagiographical
  • extravagant
  • drooling
  • effusive
  • abundant
  • lavish
  • mushy
  • slobbering
  • cloying
  • artificial
  • uninhibited
  • sanctimonious
  • winning
  • hypocritical
  • slavering
  • insincere
  • backhanded
  • ingratiating
  • unreserved
  • endearing
  • profuse
  • copious
  • feigned
  • mealymouthed
  • unrestrained
  • two-faced
  • winsome
  • unrestrained
  • disarming
  • left-handed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • heartfelt
  • sincere
  • honest
  • genuine
  • earnest
  • artless
  • true
  • unpretentious
  • unaffected
  • unfeigned
  • ingenuous
  • unpretending
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